Juan de Dios Vial Santelices

Juan de Dios Vial Santelices (3 May 1758-1821) was a Chilean Army officer during the Chilean War of Independence.

Biography
Juan de Dios Vial Santelices was born in Santiago, Chile on 3 May 1758, the son of Manuel Jose Vial Jarabeitia and Maria Mercedes Santelices Aranguiz. He joined the Spanish Army in 1772 and became a dragoon in 1778, and, by the start of the Chilean War of Independence in 1810, he was a Sergeant-Major. On 3 December 1810, he became commander of the grenadier infantry battalion of the Chilean Army, and he encouraged his children to join the patriotic army. He died in 1821.